GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |